Board of Education

Regional schools select three superintendent finalists. The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee and Union 26 Committee voted unanimously to endorse Dr. Susan Gilson, Dr. Ericilda Herman, and Dr. Joanne Menard, advancing them to site visits and public forums. Approved unanimously was the site

Amherst superintendent search committee votes unanimously to enter closed-session candidate screening. Committee Chair Sarah Marshall called the preliminary screening committee to order March 16 with 14 members initially present. The committee approved three sets of prior minutes unanimously and

Amherst Regional School Committee approves FY25 fees after first review since pandemic. Superintendent Douglas Slaughter reported the District's first fee review since the pandemic, proposing increases to student meal prices, parking at Amherst Regional High School, musical instrument rental, and

Amherst School Committee votes unanimously to restore six positions from budget cuts. The restoration of four elementary teaching positions, two special education professional roles, one pre-K paraeducator, and one instrumental music teacher was enabled by $259,331 in additional town funding. Chair

Superintendent search committee approves screening questions. The Superintendent Search Committee's preliminary screening panel unanimously approved a refined set of interview questions for superintendent candidates on March 5, with committee co-chairs Sarah Marshall and Martha Toro explaining that